Sensitive Ears

boing! boing! boing!

^ ^

V thump! V thump!

a wallaby just passed me by…

drip drip drip. drip. drip drip drip. drip...

demented by that leaking kitchen tap

hum of computer

hum of fridge

hum of fan

hum of phobia

ticktock. ticktock. tictock...

Old Edwardian hours-behind clock

yohoo, yohoo, yohoo

wise owl marking time

grrr grrr grrr... dog's growling warns

there's pythons on the prowl

quoll's eerie screams terrify

cause shivers in the dark;

nightly, outside my bedroom's window

fruit bats scrunching on ripe peaches;

next day, comes loud excitable cackling-

those old chooks begun again to lay;

torrential rain with rhythm-

Rap Dogs on my metal roof

jogs memories of falling mists

on moving mountains of Dreamtime.

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©barbaraataylor2004